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April 10, 2008
RINDGE, NH - This year's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team won first place honors at the SIFE regional competition in Warwick, Rhode Island. The team shared first place honors with another New Hampshire institution, St. Anselm College.
The achievement marked the fourth regional championship won by Franklin Pierce students in eight years of competition, and earned the team a trip to competeat the National Championship in Chicago.
Founded in 1975 and active on more than 1,400 college and university campuses worldwide, SIFE is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with business and higher education to give students tools to learn the free enterprise system in real working situations that benefit communities.
This year's SIFE team at Franklin Pierce University completed 15 community and business-based projects throughout the Monadnock region and internationally.
Three years ago, the Franklin Pierce SIFE team earned a trip to the national finals in Kansas City where students were able to network with dozens of Fortune 500 executives who serve as judges. The team didn't win the national contest, but three students received job offers on the spot, two secured internships and others were able to schedule interviews.
Women's basketball team reaches Elite Eight
March 28, 2008
KEARNEY, NEB. -Franklin Pierce University, ranked 18th in the final regular season USA Today / ESPN / WBCA Division II poll, made its debut at the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Elite Eight against No. 9 University of Alaska Anchorage on March 26, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Though Franklin Piercelost in overtime, the game marked the first time the women have reached the Division II Elite Eightin program history. The Ravens made it to Nebraskaafter they captured theirfirst Northeast Regional championship by posting an 88-71 victory at top-seeded, No. 4-ranked, and previously unbeaten Holy Family Universityin Philadelphia.
This allowedFranklin Pierce to make its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history overall – and first since 1999. The Ravens also reached the NCAAs in 1992, ’93, ’94 and ’98.
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Franklin Pierce University sophomore Johannah Leedham (Ellesmere Port, England/Cheshire Academy (Conn.)) was named the State Farm Division II Women’s Player of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches of America (WBCA).
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Theteam earned a 3.41 cumulative GPA and included seven Dean's List students for the Fall 2007 semester.
Read more about Franklin Pierce University athletics.
University seeking to expand Doctor of Physical Therapy Program to Goodyear, Arizona
The Franklin Pierce University, College of Graduate and Professional Studies, Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is seeking accreditation for an expansion program at Goodyear, Arizona by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association.
The program will submit an Application for Approval of Substantive Change, which is the formal application required to expand the program to an additional site. Submission of this document does not assure that the program will be granted Accreditation status to the expansion site.
The DPT expansion program is part of the University's strategy to extend educational opportunities to more students in other parts of the country. In 2006, the mayor of Goodyear, Arizona invited higher education institutions around the country to consider establishing a campus in one of the nation's fastest growing regions. Franklin Pierce was selected as a finalist and the University is one of two schools that will be offering classes in Goodyear. Franklin Pierce's initial focus in Arizona will be on degree programs in health care and business.
For more information on the Doctor of Physical Therapy program click here.
For more information on the accreditation status of Franklin Pierce University's DPT expansion program in Goodyear, contact the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association at 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, byphone at 703-706-3245, or by e-mail at accreditation@apta.org.
If you would like to speak with a University representativeregarding the DPT program in Goodyear, please contact Ann Greiner, PT, MS, at greinera@franklinpierce.edu.
Student reporters from Franklin Pierce University earn accolades for New Hampshire Primary reporting
MANCHESTER, NH - Franklin Pierce University students had theopportunity to participate in New Hampshire's First in the Nation Presidential Primary, serving as pundits, pollsters, podcasters, video technicians and as contributors to YouTube's political footage.
Student efforts were affirmed by the presidential candidates and their campaigns (who granted access and interviews), by the mainstream media (who treated student reporters and technicians as professional peers) and by web-based media including YouTube (whose political editor praised the video footage provided by the University and its fast turnaround time).
"I don't know of any other college or university across the state that had the number of reporters getting up close to the candidates, asking questions and generating the volume of coverage that we produced," said junior Steven Dodrill, who served as the Pierce Media Group's political reporter and director of Fitzwater Connections. Fitzwater Connections is the program at the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication at Franklin Pierce that focuses on political coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
In the course of the past year, Franklin Pierce students tracked the political winds, participated in professional polling, and followed presidential hopefuls around the state. Students also engaged in robust debate - and asked tough questions - when candidates visited campus. The flurry of activity preceding the primary included capturing hundreds of hours of video and audio, crafting hundreds of words into stories, sending countless e-mails, and building solid relationships with campaign staff and local media.
On the day of the primary, students arranged space at Franklin Pierce University's Manchester Center to serve as news production headquarters. The set-up was complete with a video editing suite, a set for filming interviews, an assignment desk and a whiteboard where students scribbled furiously to record unfolding events and keep track of teams of reporters.
Under the leadership of Dr. Kristen Nevious, director of the Fitzwater Center, and utilizing the training they received through Fitzwater Center programs, they sought and obtained press credentials and fanned into the streets of Manchester and surrounding towns. The region had become the focal point for candidates and media from across the nation, and students had little trouble finding candidates and analysts to interview. Their hard work paid off in several significant accomplishments.
- Franklin Pierce student media were selected by New Hampshire Public Television to provide video footage of the Dennis Kucinich, Bill Richardson and Rudolph Giuliani campaigns on Primary Night.
- Franklin Pierce student reporters and videographers were selected by WMUR-TV, New Hampshire's ABC affiliate, to provide video news clips for the television station's YouTube page. WMUR staff members even handed out free "flip cam" handheld video recorders so students could capture more video.
- The Pierce Media Group's Political Reporter and Fitzwater Connections Director Steven Dodrill was featured in the Boston Herald along with George Stephanopoulos, chief Washington correspondent for ABC News, and Dan Rather.
- Franklin Pierce students participated in pre-primary polling for the University's polling partnership with WBZ-TV in Boston. The final poll preceding the primary was the most accurate poll among a handful of major voter surveys by well-known national pollsters. The Franklin Pierce / WBZ-TV poll accurately predicted the close finish between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and again was within the margin of error in forecasting John McCain's spread of victory over Mitt Romney. The poll was quoted nationally.
- The University's YouTube channel, containing footage of candidate interviews, was ranked in the Top 100 most viewed YouTube channels for most of Primary Day. The Franklin Pierce / Fitzwater Center YouTube channel topped out at #73 for a good portion of the afternoon.
- YouTube's political editor was so impressed with the quantity, quality and fast uploading of students' work that he offered Franklin Pierce a position as a "branded partner" and content provider for the popular video portal site.
Franklin Pierce Commits to becoming "climate neutral"
RINGDE, NH - Franklin Pierce University has pledged to sharply reduce all of the University's carbon emissions in a major effort to help combat global warming.
The pledge is part of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, which President George J. Hagerty signed, joining more than 400 leaders of other colleges and universities across the country. It is modeled on the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a compact started in 2005 that has been signed by 400 mayors.
Franklin Pierce has committed to creating a comprehensive university plan to move toward climate neutrality - to having no net greenhouse gas emissions. That means minimizing such emissions as much as possible and using carbon offsets or other measures to mitigate the remaining emissions.
"Global warming is a major challenge of our time," said President Hagerty. "It is a problem caused by human activities and one that can be solved by humans. By joining forces, colleges and universities can take a leading role on this important issue."
Specifically, Franklin Pierce and the other higher education institutions have pledged to create a comprehensive institutional action plan to move toward climate neutrality. President Hagerty has named Dr. Catherine Owen Koning, professor of environmental science, and Douglas Lear, Director of Facilities, to spearhead the institutional efforts. They will form a committee of faculty, students and staff to develop the climate action plan, which must be completed in two years.
In addition, in the short term, Franklin Pierce will take some immediate steps including: conducting an inventory of the University's greenhouse gas emissions, adopting an energy-efficient appliance purchasing policy and participating in RecyleMania, a friendly competition among university and college campuses to increase recycling and reduce waste.
As part of the commitment, Franklin Pierce also has agreed to integrate sustainability into the curriculum and to make its plan and periodic progress reports public.
Franklin Pierce has already taken several energy-saving steps, President Hagerty points out, including:
• establishing a campus-wide recycling program,
• replacing paper production with online alternatives whenever possible,
• switching most lighting on campus from incandescent to fluorescent,
• installing aerators in many faucets to reduce the amount of water flow,
• maintaining more than 1000 acres of undeveloped land,
• protecting 46 acres of land with a conservation easement,
• building walkways to encourage walking on campus, and
• creating a campus master plan that brings all residential students onto the main campus, which reduces driving.
Other ideas that will be explored include adopting green building standards for all new construction, looking for alternative sources of power for heat and electricity, establishing a climate-friendly investment policy and more.
More information about the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment program can be found at www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org. The site includes the list of signatories; there are several other New Hampshire colleges or universities that are participating.
Franklin Pierce University explores campus village initiative
RINDGE, NH, November 26, 2007- Franklin Pierce University announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Leewood Real Estate Group to explore the feasibility of creating a Campus Village Initiative to potentially include retail shops, new student housing and an active adult community.
The agreement signed today permits the University, Leewood and the Town of Rindge to move ahead in collaborating to ascertain the development potential and marketability of the projects. Leewood would be the exclusive developer, if one or more of the proposed projects were determined by the University and Town of Rindge to be feasible.
Both Franklin Pierce and Leewood said they are looking forward to working with Town's government, community leaders and residents to create a plan that maintains the rich character and traditions of the town, while serving everyone's needs.
"Franklin Pierce and Leewood both have made a commitment to involve the Town and its residents and keep everyone informed as plans move forward," said Rindge Town Administrator Carlotta Pini. "They already have demonstrated the sincerity of that commitment by reaching out to me and others in the community. This is an exciting opportunity with huge potential for our town and I am eager to see the process move forward."
Founded in 1967, Staten Island, New York-based Leewood Real Estate Group provides design, construction, marketing, land development, operational management and general contracting services. Leewood, over the past 40 years, has completed many community organization-based projects, with more planned for coming years.
"Among those developers who expressed interest in the project, Leewood demonstrated genuine out-of-the-box thinking and ideas," said Franklin Pierce University President Dr. George J. Hagerty. "The company's track record of forming a consensus with communities and government leaders to move projects forward is impressive, as is its four decades of success."
"Leewood Real Estate Group is extremely excited about working with Franklin Pierce University and the community of Rindge on these projects," said R. Randy Lee, founder and CEO of Leewood Real Estate Group. "We have a proven track record of long term relationships with many fine institutions. We want to work to meet a need in a way everyone will be proud of."
The exploratory phase of the Campus Village Initiative has three components.
- One involves considering possibilities for creating a village center on campus property adjacent to Route 119, with the potential of retail, medical and office uses that the entire Town could utilize. An inn and conference center will also be considered. This Village Center concept could have wide-ranging benefits for the entire area. The vision for the village center will be a collaborative one with all of the stakeholders involved.
- A second aspect of the project focuses on determining the feasibility of developing an active adult community on campus. Residents could have a unique opportunity to utilize a variety of the University's amenities, including athletic facilities, a dance studio, theatre, art facilities and a lakeside beach. They would also be afforded the chance to audit classes, making the development a true "live and learn" community.
- The third facet involves considering opportunities for new on-campus student housing to replace existing housing with more spacious and modern accommodations and to provide some additional capacity.
"These projects, if done right, can have enormous benefits for the Town and its residents as well as the University and its students," said President Hagerty. "If they cannot be done right, they won't be done at all. The character of Rindge is of paramount importance to us and we will work to preserve it while ensuring that residents and Town officials are involved throughout the process."
The initial planning process is expected to take several months with an emphasis on gathering community input. A forum with students, faculty and staff will take place in January along with sessions involving Town residents. A June 2008 timeframe is anticipated for presenting a more detailed formal proposal. The final objective is to develop projects that serve the needs of every stakeholder in the Rindge community.
Anew academic building for a new university
Franklin Pierce University broke ground for a new academic building that will house the arts, humanities and social science programs at the Rindge Campus.
The three-story, $4.5 million academic building will be called Attilio and Beverly Petrocelli Hall, to honor the major donors to the project. It will occupy a footprint of 8,000-square-feet and contain functional space of 23,000 square-feet at the Four Corners entrance to campus. Construction is scheduled to be completed for the fall of 2008.
Specifically, the brick building will contain classrooms, a computer lab, a digital photo lab and darkroom, print labs, and faculty and administrative offices. New classrooms will be wired for technology and arranged to foster collaborative learning and close engagement between students and faculty.
Construction of this new first-class learning space was made possible by a $1 million gift from Attilio F. and Beverly L. Petrocelli of Great Neck, NY. Both of the Petrocelli's daughters (Jill '91 and Melissa '89) attended Franklin Pierce and met their spouses there (Michael Lamoretti '90 and Michael Weinbaum '89).
"This is a family that is thoroughly acquainted with the special quality of a Franklin Pierce education," Dr. George J. Hagerty, president of Franklin Pierce University, said at a formal groundbreaking. The event was attended by three generations of the Petrocelli family who put on hard hats and turned a ceremonial spadeful of dirt.
The Petrocelli gift marks the single largest donation to Franklin Pierce by an alumni family. The Petrocellis stated their wish to make a significant investment in the institution that had such a positive impact on their children and sons-in-law. They explained that they wanted to make sure their grandchildren and others will continue to receive a superior education at Franklin Pierce.
"I sent two beautiful girls to this school here and this is where they met their husbands," Attilio Petrocelli said. "I want to see that future generation of Franklin Pierce students have access to the same excellent education that they received. I also know that a gift like this can make a significant difference at a small university. I know the returns on this investment in academic life at Franklin Pierce will be significant."
President Hagerty hosted the Petrocellis at a short reception following the groundbreaking. "In my conversations with this wonderful family," he said, "I heard many stories about faculty and staff who had a profound influence on their children during their formative years here. This gift is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and personal attention to students that we demonstrate daily in the course of our work. It will make a difference and we are extremely grateful."
The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication at Franklin Pierce Hosts the Nation's Best and Brightest Young Journalists at the Second Annual Presidency and the Press: A Conference for High School Media
White House Insiders and First in the Nation Primary Reporters to Share Knowledge and Insight During Week of Events from Saturday, June 23 to Friday, June 29
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RINDGE, NH - More than 30 young journalists from across the country will spend a week in New Hampshire immersed in the dynamics of presidential politics beginning on Saturday, June 23. A host of state and national experts will participate in the second annual The Presidency and the Press: A Conference for High School Media sponsored by The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication at Franklin Pierce College.
Some of the country's most engaged youth will learn about presidential politics, the media's role in election coverage and the relationship between candidates and the press. During a week of intense training and hands-on practice, student journalists will work alongside seasoned political reporters who have covered the First in the Nation Primary and past presidential elections as well as White House insiders and campaign strategists.
Participants include Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; former White House photographer David Valdez; William Douglas, White House correspondent for McClatchy newspapers such as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Miami Herald; and Curt Smith, former presidential speechwriter and presidential rhetoric scholar at the University of Rochester.
Veteran New Hampshire journalists who will share their knowledge and decades of experience covering the First in the Nation Primary include David Tirrell-Wysocki, broadcast editor and general assignment reporter for the Associated Press and Executive Director of the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communication; Scott Spradling, political reporter for WMUR-TV; Joseph McQuaid, publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader; James Pindell political reporter and blogger for the Boston Globe.
Republican strategist and advisor for the Romney for president campaign Tom Rath and New Hampshire director for the Obama for President campaign Mike Rodriguez will also participate. Judy Reardon, former staffer for Governor Jeanne Shaheen and political strategist for the Kerry campaign and Mike Dennehy, Republican strategist and John McCain's national political director will also lend their expertise.
The program runs from Saturday, June 23 through Friday, June 29 at the Fitzwater Center on Franklin Pierce College's Rindge campus and includes trips to the college's Manchester campus, the State House, WMUR-TV and the Union Leader newsrooms.
The Presidency and the Press is designed to prepare and immerse young people in the 2008 presidential election. Throughout the week, students will conduct interviews, write stories and produce news packages - all involving state and national media and political representatives.
"An important part of our mission involves educating leaders of conscience in public communication," said Dr. George J. Hagerty, president of Franklin Pierce College. "The young people participating in this conference represent the best and brightest of the next generation of journalists. The Presidency and the Press represents our commitment to engage candidates and the electorate in the robust and open debate that is essential to healthy a democracy."
New Hampshire students from Barrington, Concord, Hooksett, Manchester, Merrimack, Milton, Rindge and Rochester will participate in the conference along with students from:Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
"The goal of this conference is to thoroughly train and engage these students in the presidential election process so that when they return to their high schools, they will inform and motivate their peers to get involved and participate in the democratic process," said Dr. Kristen Nevious, Director of the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication. "We expect this experience will spill over into their college years and beyond."
Also participating will be eight students and a faculty member from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Franklin Pierce University
and Wartburg College have collaborated to take advantage of both states' first-in-the-nation status. The two colleges are participating in student and faculty exchanges, a speaker series and joint programming related to 2008 presidential election.
Highlights of the week include a briefing Monday, June 25th on Primary Strategy from the Media and Campaign Perspectives with Joseph McQuaid from the Union Leader, Jeff Barlett, general manager of WMUR-TV, Mike Dennehy and Judy Reardon. That same day, students will also visit various Presidential campaign headquarters in Manchester. On Tuesday, June 26th, the students are scheduled to meet with Governor John Lynch on the Granite State's role in presidential politics. Later that afternoon, Curt Smith speaks to the students on campaign rhetoric and how to decipher factual stories from fiction on the campaign trail. On Wednesday, June 27th, Marlin Fitzwater will speak to the group on the inside of the White House Briefing Room.
Other highlights will include a master class in photojournalism conducted by David Valdez and a session on political cartooning with Lori Fischer, curator of the New Hampshire Political Library.
To ensure that students receive a comprehensive view from the Granite State, Franklin Pierce University is partnering with several key organizations for the conference. They include the Nackey S. Loeb School for Communications and the New Hampshire Political Library.
For a daily schedule of activities and a list of participants please go to http://www.franklinpierce.edu/ or contact Brian Stuart, Director of Marketing and Communications at 603-899-4221 or stuartb@franklinpierce.edu
June 3. 2007
Student media cover presidential debates
A team of students from Franklin Pierce and the college's Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication will work alongside some of the nation's top journalists to cover the New Hampshire presidential debates this week.
Steve Dodrill, Eric Jackman, Justin Martell and Graduate Assistant Frank Blais will report from the Democratic Debate on Sunday, June 3, and from the Republican Debate on Tuesday, June 5. They will conduct candidate interviews and behind-the-scenes coverage as the nation and world watch to see who could be the front runner in the NH Presidential Primary.
"This is going to be a great opportunity to get our name out there and to use the skills that we have learned in political reporting," said Steven Dodrill, a junior from Hanson, MA and a Fitzwater Connections Fellow. "My staff and I will produce vodcasts, slideshows, podcasts and articles. And we are working on having a live blog to be published at http://www.piercearrownews.com/ - all to help our viewers, readers, and listeners better understand the candidates' views and to engage them in the political process."
The team is prepared to ask the presidential candidates about issues that are most important to young Americans with a goal of learning more about them and their campaign.
The debates will be shown live nationally and throughout New Hampshire on television and streaming internet video by the major networks. The Pierce Media Group will work from the filing center at the Sullivan Arena in Manchester. Student reporters will post to Pierce Arrow News Online following the debates, and material will be forwarded to Franklin Pierce's online news site The Exchange.
WMUR-TV of New Hampshire, CNN Worldwide, and the New Hampshire Union Leader will host the debates in partnership with St. Anselm College. Credentialed media will convene in Manchester for the debates which are expected to draw a large audience. CNN's Wolf Blitzer will moderate the debates with questions coming from WMUR's Scott Spradling and the Union Leader's Tom Fahey. WMUR's Jennifer Vaughn will moderate questions from the audience.
"We hope that this will help us to be known on a national or international scale as the proxy between voters and the candidates, ultimately connecting those candidates with the voters," Dodrill said. "It means so much to every student, journalist, photographer, camera operator, and podcaster to be involved with the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication, the Fitzwater Connections program, and the Presidential Election process. It is the experience of a lifetime."
The Fitzwater Connection program was created to "connect" voters of the Granite State, the Monadnock Region and the Franklin Pierce Community with the candidates.
May 17, 2007
Franklin Pierce to offer nursing program
Franklin Pierce University is proud to launch a new Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing program for Fall 2007, designed for practicing nurses. This new program offers a meaningful course of study that will enhance nursing careers, prepare practicing nurses to assume new professional roles, develop leadership skills, and enable nurses with associate's degrees to continue their studies in a graduate program.
Courses will begin in September, 2007 at the Concord and Portsmouth campuses. However, students can begin the program by enrolling in general education courses at any time and at any of the College's Graduate and Professional Studies campuses in Portsmouth, Concord, Lebanon, Keene and Manchester, as well as on-line.
"Starting with Franklin Pierce's required general education courses is a good way to begin the program," said Judith A. Evans, EdD, RN, the College's director of nursing programs.
Dr. Evans has practiced in a variety of nursing roles, including clinical practice, staff development, hospital administration and nursing academics. She most recently worked with the New Hampshire Nursing Workforce Center to propose solutions to the current and future nursing shortage. She was honored by the New Hampshire Nursing Association as the 2005 Nurse of the Year
"In the new BSN program, a student's program of study will be individually designed based on his or her previous education experiences," Dr. Evans said. "I recommend that students make an appointment to meet with me or another faculty member prior to beginning their general education or nursing courses so that we can review their transcripts and discuss their specific education plans."
Program Highlights:
- Program is designed for busy nurses who juggle many commitments, including family, work, and personal time
- Courses are offered in 8-week terms
- Nursing courses may be completed in as few as 7 terms (less than 15 months)
- Field experiences are arranged individually for each student in collaboration with a faculty member
- Nursing courses may be taken while students are completing general education courses
- Supporting courses completed with a grade of C- or better in a student's Associate Degree program are transferred into the FP baccalaureate program
- Nursing credits earned in a student's Associate Degree program with a grade of C- or better are transferred into FP without any testing
- Challenge exam options are available in lieu of selected support courses
- Some courses are available on-line or in "hybrid" format (part on-line, part class)
A total of 120 credits must be earned in order to qualify for graduation. Those credits include
- General education requirements (such as English, History, Sciences, etc.). These are courses that are required for all Franklin Pierce students. Students must take at least 4 of the courses at FP, and they may transfer in some of these credits from another college if they earned a grade of C- or higher (for example, the English course that a student completed as part of his or her Associate Degree Nursing program may be transferred into FP as College Writing I).
- Supporting courses for nursing (such as Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Sociology, Psychology, etc.). Students may transfer these courses into FP if they received a grade of C- or higher when they took them in their Associate Degree Nursing program, or they may earn credit for some courses by successfully completing challenge exams. They may decide to take them at one of the community college campuses before they apply to enter the program at FP.
- Nursing credits earned in your Associate Degree Program. Nursing course credits are transferred into the baccalaureate program at FP as long the student earned a grade of C- or higher. The student must be a licensed nurse in order to transfer these courses into the baccalaureate nursing program FPC.
- Upper division nursing courses. These are the baccalaureate nursing courses students will take at FP. The course topics include evidence based practice, community health, health promotion, leadership, health assessment and clinical decision making, and health policy. There are 7 required baccalaureate nursing courses (27 credits).
For more information, please call 603-228-2874
April 17, 2007
Initiative brings national media leaders to Franklin Pierce College
Editors of Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Boston Globe
to discuss media, ethics and corporate responsibility
 PAUL E. STEIGER Managing Editor The Wall Street Journal |
 MARTIN BARON Editor The Boston Globe |
 CAROL LOOMIS Editor-at-Large Fortune magazine |
 MYRON KANDEL Founding Financial Editor CNN |
CONCORD, NH (April 11, 2007) - The Initiative for Corporate Responsibility and Investor Protection will sponsor a program on April 20 at Franklin Pierce University
titled, "Media, Ethics and Corporate Responsibility" featuring Martin Baron, editor of The Boston Globe, Carol Loomis, editor-at-large of Fortune magazine, and Paul Steiger, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. Myron Kandel, who previously served 25 years as the founding financial editor and economic commentator on CNN is president of the Initiative and will serve as the program's moderator. The event is open to the public at no charge and will take place in Pierce Hall at 4:00 p.m. with a reception following.
The Initiative is a non partisan organization established by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation. Its mission is to promote the highest nationwide standards of corporate responsibility and investor protection. Embracing Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis's notion that "sunlight is the best disinfectant," The Initiative is bringing prominent leaders in government, business, academe, the law, and the media to New Hampshire's college and university campuses for an on-going series of high-profile public forums.
"Franklin Pierce is proud to be a convener and host for this critical discussion," said Dr. George J. Hagerty, president of Franklin Pierce College. "The core of our mission involves helping students become leaders of conscience. We share the commitment of the Initiative for Corporate Responsibility to advance the public discussion on corporate integrity. I join fellow members of the Franklin Pierce community in looking forward to learning from a distinguished panel of journalists at the April 20 forum."
Franklin Pierce is a four-year, co-educational, nonsectarian college with its main campus in Rindge, NH. The curriculum includes traditional liberal arts academics, pre-professional study, teacher preparation programs and a nationally-recognized core curriculum, The Individual and Community. Franklin Pierce has on-line degree programs, plus five Graduate & Professional Studies Centers in Concord, Keene, Lebanon, Manchester and Portsmouth. Learn more at http://www.franklinpierce.edu/.
To register for the event, or learn more about The Initiative's programs and activities, visit http://www.theinitiative.net/ .
Editors and reporters: Photos of the panel participants are available by calling Kimberly Schuman at 603-277-5364 or Brian Stuart at 603-899-4221. Members of the press intending to cover the event are encouraged to RSVP to 603-227-5364.
April 12, 2007
Franklin Pierce Cites C-SPAN's Steve Scully for Fitzwater Honors
MANCHESTER NH - C-SPAN's Senior Executive Producer and Political Editor, Steve Scully, will receive the 2007 Marlin Fitzwater Award for Leadership in Public Communication from Franklin Pierce University
on Friday, April 13, in 7 p.m. ceremonies at the college's Manchester campus.
Scully will receive the Award in the 4th annual presentation to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to public discourse in the spirit of a healthy democracy. The award reflects the mission and philosophy of the Fitzwater Center for Communication at Franklin Pierce, namely that robust debate and informed participation are necessary for effective government.
The award is named for Marlin Fitzwater, former press secretary to presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Fitzwater is a Franklin Pierce trustee and serves on the Fitzwater Center advisory board. He will make the formal presentation to Scully.
WMUR-TV9 news anchor Tom Griffith is this year's Master of Ceremonies. High school journalism teachers from across New Hampshire have been invited to join the families and supporters of award recipients at the event.
Scully will join a group of Fitzwater Award recipients who represent constructive contributions to national journalism and policymaking. They are: 2006 recipient Kenneth Walsh, U.S. News and World Report's White House correspondent for more than 20 years; 2005 recipient Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and 2004 honoree Victoria Clark, Deputy Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
In addition to the presentation of the Fitzwater Award for Leadership, Fitzwater Medallions will be awarded to:
- Franklin Pierce Alumnus David Schutzman '83 of Greenwich, CT
- Franklin Pierce graduating senior Trent Spiner of New York, NY
- Franklin Pierce graduating senior Matthew Leite of Lowell, MA
- High school journalism teacher Nancie Stone of the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH
The Fitzwater Leadership Award honoree, Steve Scully, is President of the White House Correspondents' Association and has managed C-SPAN's campaign programming since 1990. In addition, he leads a team of field producers for White House and Supreme Court coverage and international programming. Scully hosts Washington Journal, a daily 3-hour morning public affairs program on C-SPAN. He also hosts and/or produces BOOK-TV's "In Depth," "Road to the White House" and "American Profile."
Since January 2003, Scully has taught media, politics and public policy issues via cable fiber line between his Washington DC base and the University of Denver, Pace University in New York City and George Mason University in Fairfax VA. This is the only college level course of its kind in the country, linking students to leaders in politics, journalism and business from the nation's capital. NBC's Brian Williams, Senator Hillary Clinton, former Senator Bob Dole and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have been guests for Scully's on-line academic program.
Scully's professional honors include being listed among cable television's 100 "heavy hitters" and as one of the media's most influential movers and shakers in political programming. His on-air work has been recognized with the cable industry's highest honor, the Golden Ace Award. In 2004, his political coverage for C-Span received a special Emmy for its "2004 Vote" program.
Scully has a B.A. from American University and a Master's in journalism from Northwestern University. Scully was born in Erie PA, the 14th child in a family of 16. Scully, his wife and three children live in Fairfax VA.
David Schutzman, Franklin Pierce Class of 1983, is the chief marketing officer for the strategy and operations management firm, Archstone Consulting in Stamford CT. Schutzman's 20 years in public relations and marketing include assignments with Deloitte Consulting and Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young. As a Franklin Pierce undergraduate, Schutzman received the President's Service Award as the senior displaying unparalleled excellence in academics, community involvement and service to the college. His extracurricular involvement included intramural sports, business club vice president, Jaycees, WFPR radio, baseball captain and cross country. In 1994, Schutzman was inducted into the Franklin Pierce Athletic Hall of Fame. He is a past supporter of the Connecticut Special Olympics. Schutzman and his wife, Cindy, a 1981 Franklin Pierce alumna, and their two children are Greenwich, CT residents.
Trent Spiner, a Franklin Pierce senior, is editor-in-chief of Pierce Arrow, the campus paper. As student media coordinator for "The Primary Connection" this spring, he has created a network of high school and college media outlets to maximize their effective coverage of the 2008 New Hampshire Primary Election. He is a certified firefighter for the Rindge, NH fire department and a nationally registered Emergency Medical Technician. Spiner has completed internships with the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript of Peterborough NH and with the Edison Group in New York.
Matthew Leite, also a Franklin Pierce senior, designed his own academic major - sports broadcasting. At Franklin Pierce, Leite has been active as athlete, team manager, and sports broadcaster. He was on the air doing play-by-play for the Franklin Pierce Ravens teams in the NCAA Division II Final Four competition for both soccer and baseball. Leite has served as a volunteer in the college alumni relations department.
Nancie Stone has been the journalism instructor for Pinkerton Academy since 2001. Previously, Stone had 14 years of professional journalism experience at the Concord Monitor where she covered regional and city news. Her newsroom management experience includes positions as assistant city editor and business and features editor. As part-time faculty at the University of New Hampshire and New Hampshire Technical College, she taught publication composition. Stone has a bachelor's degree in English literature and master's degrees in teaching and in writing from the University of New Hampshire. In 2003, Stone completed the ASNE High School Journalism Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
Franklin Pierce College's Manchester Campus is located in the city's historic Jefferson Mill at 670 North Commercial Street.
